Hello, and welcome to the music of

Jesse J. Smith




Rhythm Cargo

Rhythm Cargo is my third album, and my first to feature guitar on every song. It carries over some of the jazz & electronica of my previous Royal Nights album, but also adds a new element of guitar rock, making this probably my most diversified album. Having written, performed & recorded it myself, I am also proud of how it turned out. You can read more about the album further down the page.


Song Samples

<ALBUM SAMPLERS CONTAIN EVERY SONG SAMPLE FROM THE ALBUM IN ORDER
<INDIVIDUAL SONG SAMPLES ARE ABOUT A MINUTE IN LENGTH
<ALL OF JESSE'S ALBUMS CAN BE FOUND ON THE ARTIST PAGE
<SONGS ARE NOT COMPRESSED FOR INCREASED VOLUME OR HAVE MAINSTREAM MASTERING

Use the Download links to save the free song samples to your computer.
The Download Sampler link is a 192k mp3, and has all of an album's samples edited together into one track.
Individual song samples are 320k mp3's.


Rhythm Cargo
ROCK - JAZZ - ELECTRONIC - INSTRUMENTAL

Rhythm Cargo
Download all 13 samples from the album as one song file
(17mb - 12min 14sec)



Tunevent
ROCK / INSTRUMENTAL
Individual Song Sample

Emerald City
ELECTRONICA / ROCK / INSTRUMENTAL
Individual Song Sample

Rock Holiday
HOLIDAY / ROCK / INSTRUMENTAL
Individual Song Sample


All Rhythm Cargo songs & info listed further down this page

Here also is a preview of Jesse's follow-up rock album,
Organic Rock
ROCK - INSTRUMENTAL

Organic Rock
Download all 14 "Organic Rock" samples as one song file
(17mb / 12min 25sec)

Click here for Organic Rock's info page


Digital Download Store Links

Please see the Purchase page for links & info on purchasing and streaming from this site and major online retailers.


View other albums by Jesse J. Smith



 -Rhythm Cargo-  By Jesse J. Smith

Rhythm Cargo is my third album, and my first to feature guitar on every song. It was released in 2008, and carries over some of the jazz & electronica elements of my previous album, Royal Nights, but also adds a new element of guitar rock, making this probably my most diversified album.

My previous two albums were mainly recorded on my keyboard sequencer, then transfered over to my digital recorder/mixer, but this album was my first to mainly be done on the recorder. Breakz & Easy were both finished on the keyboard right after Royal Nights, but I went back to them and added the guitars while recording for Rhythm Cargo. Electric Gia was a take off of my previous song, Gia, from my earlier classical album, Madrona, and was way beyond my skill at the time, but this was an ambitious album, and not the only time I took a risk on it. Tunevent was a song I had started a year earlier on, but couldn't finish; not until a new guitar & amp - that was what I needed, (along with the decision to add keyboard to it), to get it done, and I still think it is one of my best songs. Other than that, all the songs were new, and were whatever genre they ended up being, with nothing off limits.

This album mainly happened this way because of two of my most important purchases; that new guitar & amp I mentioned. I already had a couple of good guitars (later turned great), and a high-end amp (later turned crap), but these two new ones fit me perfectly, and they are still the basis for my recordings today.

Rhythm Cargo was never manufactured on CD when it came out, though I did make some CD-R's of the album. I just kept recording after the album was created, and soon after I had a new album done, Organic Rock, which I thought at the time was an improvement in every way. A few radio stations showed no interest in some of the Rhythm Cargo songs at the time, so I thought I'd move on & focus on Organic Rock, but I was too quick to move on from that album, though, as it has some great songs on it, (which is the point of an album), and 7 years later, it's my most popular. Even radio had changed its mind.


Disc 1
Rhythm Cargo

Rhythm Cargo
(All 13 samples together as one song file - 17mb / 12min 14sec)


1- Thundercover
ROCK
Download Sample
2- OK
ROCK / POP
Download Sample
3- Rock Holiday
HOLIDAY / ROCK
Download Sample
     
4- CC Pop
ROCK / POP
Download Sample
5- Emerald City
ELECTRONICA / ROCK
Download Sample
6- Sunset
JAZZ
Download Sample
     
7- Electric Gia
BALLAD / ROCK
Download Sample
8- Tunevent (Split 1
ROCK / ELECTRONICA
9- Tunevent (Split 2
ROCK / ELECTRONICA
Download Sample
     
10- Breakz
JAZZ
Download Sample
11- Easy
JAZZ / ELECTRONICA / ROCK
Download Sample
12- Time Bomb
ROCK / POP
Download Sample
     
13- Mind Kicker
JAZZ / JAM
Download Sample
14- Space Hum
SPACE
15- 666
ROCK / ELECTRONICA
Download Sample


Disc 2
Rhythm Cargo
(Single Versions)

1- Thundercover (Single Version 2- OK (Single Version 3- Rock Holiday (Single Version
4- CC Pop (Single Version 5- Emerald City (Single Version 1 6- Sunset (Single Version
7- Electric Gia (Single Version 8- Tunevent (Split 1 ((Single Version 9- Tunevent (Split 2 ((Single Version
10- Breakz (Single Version 11- Easy (Single Version 12- Time Bomb (Single Version
13- Mind Kicker (Single Version 14- Space Hum (Single Version 15- 666 (Single Version
16- Tunevent (Album Version Unsplit 17- Emerald City (Single Version 2 18- Tunevent (Single Version Unsplit


Please do not upload, file share, provide a direct link to a music file, or anything else along those lines
for these song files. If you wish to share any of these song files online, please do so only with a link to the entire page.
Thank you.



Album Description
Instrumental Rock, Jazz & Electronica.
This album, by music artist Jesse J. Smith, contains a wide assortment of songs, and is his most diverse release. Guitars & keyboards play an equal role, and tracks are just about evenly split between guitar-rock, jazz, and keyboard-electronica, with no compression or EQ changes (so EQ your stereo to flat when possible).

The second disc, set to the same track order but with shorter song lengths, changes the dynamics of the original album, creating an alternative version to the original that can be played as is, or used to mix your own version of the album.

Album Details:
31 Songs / 33 Tracks
108 minutes total

CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN DIGITAL FORMAT ONLY
CD PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE

Performed, Written & Recorded By:
Jesse J. Smith

Recording Details:
This album was recorded with an old, high-end, digital mixer/recorder; with Electric Guitars, Electric Bass, Tube Amps, a Keyboard, Wah, Cymbals, Cow Bells, Microphones, Xylophone, Delay, Chorus & Reverb. These songs were recorded primarily between February & April 2008.

Jesse J. Smith

Jesse J. Smith

Jesse J. Smith is an entirely self-taught music artist of rock, jazz, electronica, classical music and more.

He freely mixes instruments & styles together to create unique new instrumental music.

He does it all himself - He learned on his own every aspect of the process, from playing the instruments to making the album; including the artwork.

Each album is a unique expression of one individual.

All songs are a detailed sonic experience, and created for the full attention of the listening audience.

Songs are not mastered to be mainstream, nor compressed for increased volume.

His music audience is just as diverse as his music, as his music is just as popular overseas as it is in America.

He has released four albums that range in rock, jazz, electronica & classical, which can be purchased direct from the
Purchase page on this site.

Also on that page are official links to other sites where Jesse's music can be streamed & purchased digitally.

Thanks for visiting, and enjoy discovering the music. - Jesse

Grand World Music
Directory Artist Purchase Mail Headlines Licensing Talk-0 Legal
All Content Protected   Copyright 2015-2007© Grand World Music™/ Jesse J. Smith   All Rights Reserved